The Yale University Department of Neurology seeks a fellowship trained Movement Disorders neurologist to join the Division at the rank level of Assistant or Associate Professor. The Yale Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center (co-directed by Drs. Veronica Santini and Clemens Scherzer) boasts world-class faculty who deliver holistic, patient-centered care that optimizes the human experience seamlessly integrated with precision research that advances identification of drivers of disease progression and therapeutics that lead to a cure.
With specialized expertise in the full range of movement disorders, our team delivered transformative care in more than 7,000 comprehensive treatment plans this year, most of which integrate a multidisciplinary advanced care model. Care is enhanced in specialized clinics such as the Adams Center for Parkinson and Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders, Memory and Movement Aging Clinic, Wilson Disease Center of Excellence (1 of 7 nationwide), and Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome (1 of 10 RLS Foundation Quality Care Centers nationwide), as well as the functional movement disorder program, therapeutic botulinum toxins clinics, and comprehensive advanced therapeutics and deep brain stimulation program. Close collaboration with experts in the fields of neurosurgery, behavioral neurology, neurogenetics, sleep neurology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, autonomics, radiology, neuro-ophthalmology, and pharmacy continue to further compassionate care and cutting-edge research. The division combines basic science, translational, and clinical research, working toward biomarker discovery, identifying markers of disease progression, and evaluating behavioral and pharmacologic interventions in movement disorders. Yale is also a premier training institution for two-year movement disorders clinical and research fellows who receive individually tailored instruction.
New England in spirit and cosmopolitan in sensibility, Greenwich is an affluent community located in beautiful Fairfield County, Connecticut. Greenwich not only boasts convenient rail access to New Haven and New York City, but it is also safe, family-friendly, and offers a multitude of local attractions, from beach access and sprawling parks to world-class shopping and dining. With just a short commute to Yale University, as well as to Yale Neurology’s Greenwich clinic location, Greenwich is an ideal location to live, work, and play.
We seek motivated academics with clinical expertise in the diagnosis and comprehensive management of patients across the full spectrum of movement disorders. In addition to conservative approaches and medication management, applicants should be well trained in chemodenervation of movement disorders and spasticity, and in deep brain stimulation candidacy and programming.
Candidates must have an MD or equivalent and be board certified/board eligible in Neurology and have completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders. Applicants must meet the criteria for medical licensure in the State of Connecticut. Faculty rank will be based on experience.
Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, and three contact references by applying the following link: apply.interfolio.com/139590
For additional information, please contact YSMNeurology.facultyaffairs@yale.edu
Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the positions are filled.
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